I couldn¹t agree more Peter. It¹s called a ³watch² because of its convenient location on our wrist. It could and probably will be called something different before too long when the full range of it¹s capabilities become understood. The convenience of being able to conduct financial transactions with the flick of a wrist rather than with a fumbling of the pocket or handbag, the convenience of having critical medical data accurately recorded by the ³watch² and available for a bluetooth download onto your GP¹s or specialist¹s computer on your next visit, etc etc. Imagine what apps like Evernote or Strava will be doing with the data beamed from the ³watch².
Maybe it¹s called a ³watch² by Apple as in them telling us to ³watch² this space. Graham Rabe | Barrister & Solicitor | Commercial Litigation Consultant & Mediator Suite 94, 50 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000 M: +61 417 949 825 | E: [email protected] Skype: graham.rabe Web: www.rabe.com.au This email and any attachments may be confidential and subject to copyright or legal professional privilege. If you received this email in error, please inform the sender immediately, delete it and do not use, copy or disclose it. From: Peter Hinchliffe <[email protected]> Reply-To: <[email protected]> Date: Monday, 16 March 2015 7:55 am To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: What the heck ? Resent-From: Graham Rabe <[email protected]> > On 13 Mar 2015, at 10:22 am, Stephen Chape <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi folks, > > I am perplexed about the use of the Apple Watch. > Why would I wear a watch that needs the battery charged every couple of days. > My Tissot is 15 years old and has had two battery changes. > > And other than acting as a repeater station for my iPhone it does not seem > able to do much else ! > > I agree that it looks great but REALLY !! > and the battery in my Citizen EcoDrive watch has never needed changing because it¹s powered by the sun, but that¹s not the point. All it does is tell me the time. It also purports to tell me the date, but the tiny display is far too small for me to read with glasses so it¹s useless. My iPhone also tells me the time, but I hardly ever use it for that, although I do occasionally use it to make and receive phone calls. More commonly it¹s increasingly a communication device of a different type, either text or pictures and sometimes movies, or it¹s a handy waiting room distraction, a weather station, a road map and so much more, things I could never have imagined before having it. The same thing will happen with the Apple Watch. I can¹t really justify the cost of one at the moment, simply because I can¹t imagine how I¹ would use it. the only thing I¹m sure if is that one day I will see a need for one. Let¹s face it, the Android side hasn¹t had a great track record so far with their attempts in the genre, so it will be very interesting to see if Apple can truly show the way, as they have so often before. As usual, I¹ll probably wait until at least version 2. Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - Guidelines - Settings & Unsubscribe -
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